EP 3729785 B1 20220706 - DESIGNS OF AN MPTCP-AWARE LOAD BALANCER AND LOAD BALANCER USING THE DESIGNS
Title (en)
DESIGNS OF AN MPTCP-AWARE LOAD BALANCER AND LOAD BALANCER USING THE DESIGNS
Title (de)
ENTWÜRFE EINER MPTCP-BEWUSSTEN LASTAUSGLEICHSVORRICHTUNG UND LASTAUSGLEICHSVORRICHTUNG UNTER VERWENDUNG DER ENTWÜRFE
Title (fr)
CONCEPTIONS D'UN ÉQUILIBREUR DE CHARGE SENSIBLE AU MPTCP, ET ÉQUILIBREUR DE CHARGE UTILISANT LES CONCEPTIONS
Publication
Application
Priority
US 2017068140 W 20171222
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2019125483A1] MPTCP connections and their corresponding TCP subfiows are routed by a load balancer toward backends. Each MPTCP connection is routed to a single backend and is able to comprise primary and secondary TCP subfiows. Routing comprises performing, responsive to setting up a primary TCP subflow of an MPTCP connection, load balancing of the connection to select a backend for the connection. The MPTCP connections and their TCP subflows are tracked by the load balancer to route the MPTCP connections and their corresponding TCP subfiows to corresponding selected backends. A backend determines whether a request by a client to set up a primary TCP subflow of an MPTCP connection already includes a key used to generate a token used to uniquely identify the MPTCP connection from other MPTCP connections. The backend generates the token based on the key. The backend uses the token to distinguish subsequent communications for the MPTCP connection.
IPC 8 full level
H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04L 47/193 (2022.01); H04L 67/1001 (2022.01); H04L 69/14 (2022.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H04L 45/24 (2013.01 - US); H04L 47/125 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 47/193 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 47/215 (2013.01 - US); H04L 67/1001 (2022.05 - EP); H04L 69/14 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2019125483 A1 20190627; CN 111512611 A 20200807; CN 111512611 B 20230404; EP 3729785 A1 20201028; EP 3729785 B1 20220706; EP 3729785 B8 20220810; US 11223565 B2 20220111; US 2020389403 A1 20201210
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2017068140 W 20171222; CN 201780097858 A 20171222; EP 17832450 A 20171222; US 201716770816 A 20171222